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what he said on the 911 tapes clearly does not lead towards self-defense. so you have enough probable cause there to proceed. say, wait a minute, you proceeded. you were told not to proceed. you are not really a neighborhood watch guy anyway. and you killed somebody. his story is the guy hit me and all that. tell it to the judge. we hear it every day in our community. that's what you do. he's not the judge and the jury. now all of a sudden you give all of these excuses as to why zimmerman has to have certain privileges that you don't give trayvon martin. that is unacceptable and that is why this man needs to step aside and zimmerman should be arrested. >> eugene o'donnell, i want to draw on your experience at crime scenes responding as a police officer. you later worked as a prosecutor here in new york city. the police reports which we've been looking at today have some fascinating things to me. i really -- we've got to wait for the autopsy report. but, for example, trayvon was found it sha-- quoting the poli report -- laying face down on the ground. now, t
what he said on the 911 tapes clearly does not lead towards self-defense. so you have enough probable cause there to proceed. say, wait a minute, you proceeded. you were told not to proceed. you are not really a neighborhood watch guy anyway. and you killed somebody. his story is the guy hit me and all that. tell it to the judge. we hear it every day in our community. that's what you do. he's not the judge and the jury. now all of a sudden you give all of these excuses as to why zimmerman has...
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and you said at the time, quote, these guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. they are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people. do you still believe that? >> well, i actually signed a piece of legislation, as you described, that banned assault weapons in our state. it was a continuation of prior legislation, and it was backed both by the second amendment advocates, like myself, and those that wanted to restrict gun rights. because it was a compromise. both sides got some things improved in the laws, as they existed. >> that was mitt romney once again saying things that don't make any sense. not one word of mitt romney's answer about signing the assault weapons ban in massachusetts is can consistent with mitt romney's irresponsible position now. >> i still believe that the second amendment is the right course to preserve and defend and don't believe that new laws are going to make a difference in this type of tragedy. >> brian williams pressed mitt romney on romney's self-contradiction on assault weapons. >> on things,
and you said at the time, quote, these guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. they are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people. do you still believe that? >> well, i actually signed a piece of legislation, as you described, that banned assault weapons in our state. it was a continuation of prior legislation, and it was backed both by the second amendment advocates, like myself, and those that wanted to restrict gun rights. because it...
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they get their choice. >> romney never used the word voucher, but his desperate medicare defense turned out to be just a warm-up to the most important moment in the presidential campaign today when a reporter asked hem about his secret tax returns. >> michael finnegan of the "los angeles times" began his tax question to romney by reminding him of this moment. >> was there ever any year you maid lower than 13%? >> i haven't calculated that. i will go back and look. >> michael finnegan noted that romney has since then refused to answer the question whether he's paid less than 14% in income taxes. >> when you say i've refused to answer the question since then, it hasn't been asked since then. >> because michael finnegan was not miked, you can not hear him. so now i'll read word for word what michael finnegan actually said. romney tried to evade the question and how michael finnegan actually tricked romney into actually asking the question. question, why shouldn't voters know what you yourself paid, in particularly in 2008 and 2009 the when many high-income americans had capital losses whic
they get their choice. >> romney never used the word voucher, but his desperate medicare defense turned out to be just a warm-up to the most important moment in the presidential campaign today when a reporter asked hem about his secret tax returns. >> michael finnegan of the "los angeles times" began his tax question to romney by reminding him of this moment. >> was there ever any year you maid lower than 13%? >> i haven't calculated that. i will go back and...
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and there are some republicans passionate about national defense and willing to make some tough choices on revenue to protect the pentagon. in fact, some of the productive conversations that my republican colleagues have been having have led grover norquist to decry their impure thoughts when it comes to taxes. well, i hope these impure thoughts continue. if norquist is mad, and i mean that in the angry sense of the word, then we must be on the right track. i also think many republicans are starting to realize something very important. on january 1, if we have not gotten a deal, grover norquist and his pledge are no longer relevant to this conversation. >> that is so thelma. i hope those impure thoughts continue. grover norquist has done a lot of unwise things in his life as a lobbyist, most recently calling a republican senator a liar, but grover has done nothing more unwise, nothing more unsafe than crossing senator thelma. >> grover norquist, by the way, was kind enough to wish my luck on the super committee by telling reporters that the lady from washington doesn't do budgets. >> oh
and there are some republicans passionate about national defense and willing to make some tough choices on revenue to protect the pentagon. in fact, some of the productive conversations that my republican colleagues have been having have led grover norquist to decry their impure thoughts when it comes to taxes. well, i hope these impure thoughts continue. if norquist is mad, and i mean that in the angry sense of the word, then we must be on the right track. i also think many republicans are...
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the new lawyer on the case is an experienced defense attorney and an experienced tv talker. he did a lot of television legal analysis of the casey anthony trial in florida. he also is a former police officer and a former prosecutor. the file that he is opening today in defense of george zimmerman has some serious problems in it. here to summarize the case as it stands tonight are eugene o'donnell, a former new york city police officer and prosecutor, and charles m. blow, editorial writer for "the new york times." thank you both for joining me tonight. i just want to summarize what i think this lawyer's looking at in his file tonight. and eugene, one procedural point i want to start with quickly that predates the shooting, which is george zimmerman's arrest record. he got arrested once for battery against a police officer. his fiancee got a restraining order against him. would any of that be admissible in a criminal trial? >> the prosecutors are obviously, if they decide to move here, are going to look for all of that to see whether it can be used. it's going to depend on the
the new lawyer on the case is an experienced defense attorney and an experienced tv talker. he did a lot of television legal analysis of the casey anthony trial in florida. he also is a former police officer and a former prosecutor. the file that he is opening today in defense of george zimmerman has some serious problems in it. here to summarize the case as it stands tonight are eugene o'donnell, a former new york city police officer and prosecutor, and charles m. blow, editorial writer for...
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that's the same argument that none other than eric referenced last week in defense of what the departure of the openly gay staffer from the romney staff. here you have in a speech where he is talking about one man, one woman and a very clear message and a little bit of religious tolerance there and no tolerance for anybody else. they list a clear message. >> nothing like these two audiences to bring out and highlight just how different the two candidacies are. karen and howard, thank you both very much for joining me. >> thanks, lawrence. >> mitt's bain returns in the form of an ad above bain capital in the role of a steel plant in missouri. bain is back and betty white is back and wants a second term for president obama and willing to say so publicly. betty white's first endorsement of a political candidate ever. that's coming up. [ female announcer ] to get a professional cleansing system you could spend as much as $200. olay says challenge that with an instrument that cleanses as effectively as what's sold by skin professionals for a whole lot less. olay pro x advanced cleansing syste
that's the same argument that none other than eric referenced last week in defense of what the departure of the openly gay staffer from the romney staff. here you have in a speech where he is talking about one man, one woman and a very clear message and a little bit of religious tolerance there and no tolerance for anybody else. they list a clear message. >> nothing like these two audiences to bring out and highlight just how different the two candidacies are. karen and howard, thank you...
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>> in self-defense. and then if you ultimately are charged with a crime, it's an affirmative defense that you did self-defend yourself. florida's really turned it on its head. >> so the question of what you did in self-defense becomes an issue if you're charged with a crime in a place like new york state or 30 other states? >> correct, correct. it's an affirmative defense that you bring at trial. florida flipped it around. so in florida, if you stand your ground and you kill somebody, in this case, if that's the claim, they stood their ground and they killed that person, before the police can bring that case, they have to demonstrate there was probable cause to believe that your conduct, the force you used, was inappropriate. they took it a step further under florida law, that's a hearing that has to occur before you get to trial. a judge will sit and decide whether your force was appropriate. so they've turned that entire system on its head, or at least how it is in most other states. >> completely empo
>> in self-defense. and then if you ultimately are charged with a crime, it's an affirmative defense that you did self-defend yourself. florida's really turned it on its head. >> so the question of what you did in self-defense becomes an issue if you're charged with a crime in a place like new york state or 30 other states? >> correct, correct. it's an affirmative defense that you bring at trial. florida flipped it around. so in florida, if you stand your ground and you kill...
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so now crystal, he has his perfect defense of any charges of racism. he just holds up those words, arcenio hall. >> right. he has black friends, lawrence. how could he be racist, right? that makes sense, doesn't it? didn't he also have a quote that was like, i'm cool with the blacks, when he was flirting with his presidential run? so, you know, i don't see what the problem is here. i do have to say, though, i personally hope that donald trump spends every day between now and november in north carolina. that is my own personal hope, talking about this birther nonsense and how we don't build bridges anymore and whatever else he said in the very rambling, incoherent speech. i would love for him to spend as much time as possible in every swing state in the country, in fact. >> steve, you think there's any chance of trump slipping into the way he was caught on tape last year talking to that vegas audience where every other word was the "f" word when he's out there on the romney campaign? >> yeah, i mean, look at the setting for this. he's at republican stat
so now crystal, he has his perfect defense of any charges of racism. he just holds up those words, arcenio hall. >> right. he has black friends, lawrence. how could he be racist, right? that makes sense, doesn't it? didn't he also have a quote that was like, i'm cool with the blacks, when he was flirting with his presidential run? so, you know, i don't see what the problem is here. i do have to say, though, i personally hope that donald trump spends every day between now and november in...
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keep it that way. [ applause ] >> that's why working with our military leaders, i've proposed a new defense strategy that ensures we maintain the finest military in the world while saving nearly $500 billion in our budget. to stay one step ahead of our adversaries, i've already sent this congress legislation that will secure our country from the growing dangers of cyberthreats. above all, our freedom endures because of the men and women in uniform who defend it. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> as they come home, we must serve them as well as they've served us. that includes giving them the care and the benefits they have earned, which is why we've increased annual va spending every year i've been president. and it means enlisting our veterans in the work of rebuilding our nation. with the bipartisan support of this congress, we're providing new tax credits to companies that hire vets. michelle and jill biden have worked with american businesses to secure a pledge of 135,000 jobs for veterans and their families. and tonight i'm proposing a veterans jobs corps that will help our communities hire
keep it that way. [ applause ] >> that's why working with our military leaders, i've proposed a new defense strategy that ensures we maintain the finest military in the world while saving nearly $500 billion in our budget. to stay one step ahead of our adversaries, i've already sent this congress legislation that will secure our country from the growing dangers of cyberthreats. above all, our freedom endures because of the men and women in uniform who defend it. [ applause ] [ applause ]...
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to protect in defense spending if we do go off that cliff. but there's something else at the edge of the new year's eve cliff that republicans fear even more than the defense spending cuts. and this is the good news. the great news about the fiscal cliff. and it is the worst thing that could ever happen to grover norquist. and that is the complete and final expiration of all the bush tax cuts. there has always been an expiration date on the bush tax cuts and on new year's eve, it will finally arrive, and if democrats just have the courage to hold hands and jump off that cliff together, every income tax rate will go up on january 1st. not just the top rate, but the bottom rates and the middle rates. all of the tax rates go up, straight up, on january 1st. now, the democrats don't want to see that happen either. they only want to see the top tax rates go up. but the republicans are never going to allow them to pass a bill increasing top tax rates. never. the republicans have proven that they mean that. democrats now have the chance to prove tha
to protect in defense spending if we do go off that cliff. but there's something else at the edge of the new year's eve cliff that republicans fear even more than the defense spending cuts. and this is the good news. the great news about the fiscal cliff. and it is the worst thing that could ever happen to grover norquist. and that is the complete and final expiration of all the bush tax cuts. there has always been an expiration date on the bush tax cuts and on new year's eve, it will finally...
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republicans are on defense and ann coulter is calling for the head of romney's spokesperson? gosh, it's getting interesting. all that and harry reid is starting to reveal more information about his source. i'm loving it. hope you are too. this is "the ed show," let's get to work. >>> the past when people pointed out that something was inaccurate, why campaigns pulled the ad, they were embarrassed. >> the debate over the joe soptic ad hits fever pitch. mitt romney is crying foul in a stunning display of hypocrisy. >> they just blast ahead. journalist michael kinsley says the ad is fair game and he joins us tonight. >>> newt gingrich admits romney's welfare commercial is full of holes. >> we have no proof today. >> democratic strategist chris kofin kofinis agrees and hes ear to set it straight tonight. >> corporations are people, my friend. >> romney thinks corporations are people, but when it comes to releasing his tax returns, mitt says he's not a business. the big panel weighs in on the romney reverse. >>> and the romney camp is out with yet another lie. >> president obama u
republicans are on defense and ann coulter is calling for the head of romney's spokesperson? gosh, it's getting interesting. all that and harry reid is starting to reveal more information about his source. i'm loving it. hope you are too. this is "the ed show," let's get to work. >>> the past when people pointed out that something was inaccurate, why campaigns pulled the ad, they were embarrassed. >> the debate over the joe soptic ad hits fever pitch. mitt romney is...
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we haven't cut the defense budget much in the last 30 years. they just ordered new uniforms for their chauffeurs for the top brass. you know, this is going to be a lost opportunity if there's too much compromising going on here. i'm going to stick to my position we'd be off going over the cliff, the curb. it's a slope and not a cliff. i take krystal's point as a good point. you have to pick your time. the europeans are done too much with austerity. i think we can afford to do this, and we ought to make the down payment. the cliff doesn't fix the deficit, but it really does make a downpayment and gets defense cuts for the first time. you know damn well the defense won't get cut ifç they make a deal on this. >> in the "new york post" today a conservative columnist wrote the trut is every way you look at it, the gop is trapped. republican politicians will save and give the president most of of what he wants. the only real question is when. the answer is probably at the worst possible time when they've done even more damage to the party's brand.
we haven't cut the defense budget much in the last 30 years. they just ordered new uniforms for their chauffeurs for the top brass. you know, this is going to be a lost opportunity if there's too much compromising going on here. i'm going to stick to my position we'd be off going over the cliff, the curb. it's a slope and not a cliff. i take krystal's point as a good point. you have to pick your time. the europeans are done too much with austerity. i think we can afford to do this, and we ought...
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are moving generators to hospitals and nursing homes still without electricity and the department of defense is helping to air lift utility crews into affected areas to get the lights back on. in new york, officials have restored power to more than 375,000 homes and businesses. people cheered when the lights came back on, gasoline is still tough to come by with lines stretching several miles in some locations across new york and new jersey today. some locations are still without electricity. so the gas cannot be pumped. officials have reopened the port of new york allowing more supplies in including fuel tankers bringing more than 200 million barrels of fuel to expedite that process. new york governor andrew cuomo temporarily waiving registration requirements for fuel distributors and transporters. after a day of increasing controversy of the new york city marathon, michael bloomberg announced it has been canceled. quote, we would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it. we cannot allow a controversy over an athletic event, even one as
are moving generators to hospitals and nursing homes still without electricity and the department of defense is helping to air lift utility crews into affected areas to get the lights back on. in new york, officials have restored power to more than 375,000 homes and businesses. people cheered when the lights came back on, gasoline is still tough to come by with lines stretching several miles in some locations across new york and new jersey today. some locations are still without electricity. so...
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our defenses will be gutted, and other things of that sort. and one of the interesting things is that they're trumpeting a study from the aerospace industries association, protecting 2 million jobs will be lost from this defense sequester. but that suggests that we're also going to lose 2 million from the nondefense sequester, and that also suggests that if spending cuts reduce jobs, then maybe spending increases might increase them. >> and bruce, so that's republicans saying, look, we have a study that says, if we cut defense spending, we will lose jobs. and they have been arguing in the past, including paul ryan and all these people, that the government has no affect on jobs whatsoever. >> well, on the contrary, they say that cutting spending increases jobs. that is what paul ryan has said. and so, now they're kind of caught in this conflict, now that their sacred cow is being cut, and i think it's important that the people understand the illogic of their position. >> let's listen to what mitt romney had to say about this. >> what the presid
our defenses will be gutted, and other things of that sort. and one of the interesting things is that they're trumpeting a study from the aerospace industries association, protecting 2 million jobs will be lost from this defense sequester. but that suggests that we're also going to lose 2 million from the nondefense sequester, and that also suggests that if spending cuts reduce jobs, then maybe spending increases might increase them. >> and bruce, so that's republicans saying, look, we...
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. >> mike hukabee came to the defense of todd akin today, writing, i'm waiting for the apology from whoever the genius was who thought it wise to not only shoot our wounded but run over him with tanks and trucks and then feed his body to the liberal wolves. jennifer mason of person hood usa tells the daily beast, ro. knee and ryan have turned their backs on the republican party platform in cases of rape. that's a huge problem. a new robo poll of likely voters in missouri conducted yesterday shows that claire mccaskill now leads congressman akin by ten points, 48 to 38%. here is how todd akin's campaign manager and his son interpreted that poll. if claire mccaskill can't break 50% after a week like this, democrats should ask claire to step down. senator mccaskill does not take robo polls seriously. today she tweeted, rasmussen poll made me laugh out loud. if anybody believes that, i just turned 29. today, nbc news released its presidential election battleground map based on the latest polling. the map is exactly the same it was in june. president obama leads mitt romney, 237 to 191 electoral
. >> mike hukabee came to the defense of todd akin today, writing, i'm waiting for the apology from whoever the genius was who thought it wise to not only shoot our wounded but run over him with tanks and trucks and then feed his body to the liberal wolves. jennifer mason of person hood usa tells the daily beast, ro. knee and ryan have turned their backs on the republican party platform in cases of rape. that's a huge problem. a new robo poll of likely voters in missouri conducted...
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to avoid the fiscal cliff, not only do they have to write a new tax bill and a new defense spending bill and pass them both before january 1st. they have only 176 legislative shopping days to do it. so if you want congress to do something before january 1 and you start talking about it right now, you would not be jumping the gun. you would not be doing your christmas shopping in july. if you need congress to do something by new year's eve, don't start talking to them in december. you start talking to them today, and that's what the president did today in the east room of the white house. >> i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe that anybody making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under bill clinton back when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and plenty of millionaires to boot. >> the president urged congress to take action on what they can agree on, which is all of these tax rates except for the top tax rates, and leave what they disagree on to be dealt with after the election. >> in
to avoid the fiscal cliff, not only do they have to write a new tax bill and a new defense spending bill and pass them both before january 1st. they have only 176 legislative shopping days to do it. so if you want congress to do something before january 1 and you start talking about it right now, you would not be jumping the gun. you would not be doing your christmas shopping in july. if you need congress to do something by new year's eve, don't start talking to them in december. you start...
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available to them, but also to people who thought that, you know, i may or may not have that defense available to me, but let's play it safe. let's get it -- >> if you say well, it was a year or ten years or whatever when i didn't file these forms and you file for the amnesty and you get the amnesty, you then have to redo every one of those tax returns that was wrong, correct? >> go back to 2003. so the voluntary disclosure program that the irs ran required taxpayers who didn't comply with their requirements, disclosure requirements, to go back to 2003, amend their returns going back to 2003. >> so if a presidential candidate, unnamed presidential candidate, who had giant amounts of money, hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts, for example, availed himself of that amnesty, that would show up very clearly in every tax return going back to 2003? >> yes. and the older ones are the ones that would be most problematic. >> okay, sam stein, you've covered presidential politics for a while. how do you suppose it would play in presidential politics if a presidential candida
available to them, but also to people who thought that, you know, i may or may not have that defense available to me, but let's play it safe. let's get it -- >> if you say well, it was a year or ten years or whatever when i didn't file these forms and you file for the amnesty and you get the amnesty, you then have to redo every one of those tax returns that was wrong, correct? >> go back to 2003. so the voluntary disclosure program that the irs ran required taxpayers who didn't...
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i do think it was a defensive measure on the romney campaign's part. but what we're witnessing here is a candidate who is still casting about for validation and acceptance from a base that even in the florida primary that he won is still saying they don't think he's conservative enough and they want -- they're hoping that someone else will step forth who they could vote for. >> john rolston, going off what jonathan just said, when you think back about their meeting in new york and the way they did it today, you really get the feeling that mitt romney knows very well that he's getting his hand very dirty when he shakes hands with donald trump. >> well, lawrence, the person to look at on that stage is not donald trump and not mitt romney, but look at the expression on anne romney's face. she looks like she's come down with some terrible affliction. he can barely keep a straight face. she looks pained to be there. and your description is very apt. they all but ran out of there, wouldn't take questions at all. whether it's a defensive move or a desperate m
i do think it was a defensive measure on the romney campaign's part. but what we're witnessing here is a candidate who is still casting about for validation and acceptance from a base that even in the florida primary that he won is still saying they don't think he's conservative enough and they want -- they're hoping that someone else will step forth who they could vote for. >> john rolston, going off what jonathan just said, when you think back about their meeting in new york and the way...
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. >> and not in a defensive way. >> and not in a defensive way. >> thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >> coming up, the man who can save us from another two years of allen west in the house of representatives. patrick murphy will be here. and in the rewrite tonight, honey boo-boo will help me expose the big lie that paul ryan and mitt romney have to tell to justify their opposition to marriage equality. that is next on the rewrite. c! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these products differ. women and children should avoid contact w
. >> and not in a defensive way. >> and not in a defensive way. >> thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >> coming up, the man who can save us from another two years of allen west in the house of representatives. patrick murphy will be here. and in the rewrite tonight, honey boo-boo will help me expose the big lie that paul ryan and mitt romney have to tell to justify their opposition to marriage equality. that is next on the rewrite. c! what's...that... on your...
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but two, we get defense cuts. republicans are never going to agree to that. and three, there are some human services cuts which we're not going to like, but it's the least possible damage. now what do we get in exchange? a serious down payment of the deficit. the wall street people who are wringing their hands about this are really full of it. because what they're going to see is a big drop on wall street while the hype comes and then it's going to come roaring back because finally somebody has done something serious about the deficit. so i think the fiscal curb as you call it is actually the best deal that progressive democrats are going to get and i think it's the best deal in the long run, not the short run. but the long run to the american people. >> i think if we did go off, as i kind of expect we will, that congress, though, will not accept your view of look at the long-term benefits of most of this package. yes, there's some things we don't like in it, but most of the package is beneficial. and they will take some kind of action. they would immediately
but two, we get defense cuts. republicans are never going to agree to that. and three, there are some human services cuts which we're not going to like, but it's the least possible damage. now what do we get in exchange? a serious down payment of the deficit. the wall street people who are wringing their hands about this are really full of it. because what they're going to see is a big drop on wall street while the hype comes and then it's going to come roaring back because finally somebody has...